Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball

The Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball team represents Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in women's basketball. At the team's establishment in 1977 the team was known as the Hurons, and it, along with all EMU teams, became known as the Eagles in 1991. The team's head coach is Fred Castro, who used to be an assistant coach at the University of Washington.[2]

Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball
2017–18 Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball team
UniversityEastern Michigan University
Head coachFred Castro (2nd season)
ConferenceMid-American
LocationYpsilanti, Michigan
ArenaConvocation Center
(Capacity: 8,800)
NicknameEagles
ColorsGreen and White[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2004, 2012
Conference Tournament Champions
2004, 2012
Conference Regular Season Champions
2004, 2012

Season-by-season record

As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Eagles had a 550–563 record, with a 265–318 record in the Mid-American Conference, which they have played in since 1981.[3] Suzy Merchant has the best record as coach, going 147–91 in nine years before stepping down as coach due to pregnancy four games into the 2006–07 season. The Eagles have won the West Division of the Mid-American conference five times, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012. They won two MAC Tournament titles in that span, one in 2004 and the other in 2012, which are their only appearances in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[4] In 2012, the Eagles defeated their rival, the Central Michigan Chippewas, 72–71 on a layup by Paige Reddit with only 1.5 seconds left on the game clock to win. They have also reached the WNIT in 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2016, with an appearance in the Women's Basketball Invitational in 2014.

SeasonRecordConference recordCoach
1976–7713–8--Kathy Hart
1977–7814–6--Kathy Hart
1978-7811–11--Kathy Hart
1979–8014–10--Kathy Hart
1980–8115–12--Kathy Hart
1981–8216–108–4Kathy Hart
1982–8313–149–9Kathy Hart
1983–8413–148–10Kathy Hart
1984–8511–149–9Kathy Hart
1985–8613–128–10Kathy Hart
1986–8713–138–8Kathy Hart
1987–886–192–14Cheryl Getz
1988–898–194–12Cheryl Getz
1989–908–205–11Cheryl Getz
1990–9112–158–8Cheryl Getz
1991–9212–166–10Cheryl Getz
1992–933–222–16Dana Munk
1993–941–240–18Paulette Stein
1994–954–221–17Paulette Stein
1995–966–202–16Paulette Stein
1996–978–185–13Paulette Stein
1997–9810–165–14Paulette Stein
1998–9914–138–8Suzy Merchant
1999-0016–148–8Suzy Merchant
2000–0116–129–7Suzy Merchant
2001–0218–1110–6Suzy Merchant
2002–0313–169–7Suzy Merchant
2003–0422–812–4Suzy Merchant
2004–0523–811–5Suzy Merchant
2005–0622–815–1Suzy Merchant
2006–0716–1311–5Suzy Merchant and Shane Clipfell
2007–0817–1211–5AnnMarie Gilbert
2008–098–214–12AnnMarie Gilbert
2009–1022–911–5AnnMarie Gilbert
2010–1124–1310–6AnnMarie Gilbert
2011–1223–913–3AnnMarie Gilbert
2012–138–226–10Tory Verdi
2013–1418–147–11Tory Verdi
2014–1524–1311–7Tory Verdi
2015–1622–1210–8Tory Verdi
2016–17 6–25[5] 1–17 Fred Castro
2017–18 11–20[6] 6–12 Fred Castro

NCAA Tournament results
Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2004 #14First Round#3 Boston CollegeL 56-58
2012 #12First Round#5 South CarolinaL 48-80

References
  1. Our Colors - Division of Communications - Eastern Michigan University. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. "EMU names Fred Castro women's basketball coach". MLive.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  3. http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/wbball/2016/2016-17EMUWBBGuidesmall.pdf
  4. "Women's Basketball Readies for Toledo in MAC Second Round". www.emueagles.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  5. "Mid-American Conference". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  6. "Mid-American Conference". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.


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